Since mid-March of this year, I have been sending query letters to agents all over the country (and parts of Europe) in hopes to get representation for my first novel. I’ve sent around 50 query letters and have received two positive responses. I have posted here the most promising response, which ended as a bust. However, they provided me with enough feed back and suggestions to make me go back and rework certain parts of the novel. These letter at least give me hope that my work has potential. I just need to find the right agent for it.

I am not at liberty to publish on my blog the names, e-mail addresses, and address of this literary agency. So, I have either marked those through (as you can see) or simply cut them out.

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  1. goodbyeolepaint said: Good luck!
  2. skies-of-honey said: That’s awesome!
  3. ehalcyon said: Have you posted any excerpts or WIPs? Those lines that were pulled out in the first letter really are great.
  4. pressedlikeaflower said: Congratulations and best of luck! :)
  5. matryushka said: Where do you go about finding literary agents at all? I’m clueless about the entire process.
  6. mustanggina said: Just from the couple of lines in this response I feel your work has great potential. Spent many years working in a middle school library, I know what I’m talking about - you should definitely feel encouraged to continue!! Gina (aka Breathingbooks)
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